The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1936-01-09

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PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME I NUMBER XXI
THE BINE RIVER JOURNAL. BINE RIVER, CASS COUNTY. MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1936
SUBSCRIBTION $1.00 Ber Year
20 YEAR CLUB
MET THURSDAY
The regular meeting of the
"Twenty Year Club" was held
New Years night at the Odtifei-
lows Hall. After reading the
minutes of the last meeting ana
the treasurers report, the old officers were unanimous^ accepted for another year. W. C.
Cromett, president, John J. Allen
secretary; Abe Vv hite, treasurer;
Owing to bad weather and road
conditions at this time of the
year the time of meeting was
changed to Nov. 11, Armistice
evening.
A letter to the club from J. B.
Brower, conveyed respects to
the members and also that he
hopes to be in these parts next
summer. A committee which
called on George Bell, who is
convalescing from his recent illness, reported that he regie tte_
his inability to be present as he
had prepared fitting remarks for
his 52 years in Cass and Crow
Wing counties. Fitting mention
was made in tribute of John
Kline, a member who had passed
away during the past vear.
Visitors present were A. M.
Seekell, Maurice BLlideau, Chas.
Thorpe and L. Leverington.
New members added were Vane
Jones and Fred Thomas. After
adjourning the business meeting
there was a lively exchange of
stories of "Ye Olde Tymes."
Bresident Cromett eloquently recited a poem written and read at
the meeting in 1926, by the late
Dr. E. E. Holman. Following is
the poem:
Memories of Bygone Days
Again memories revert to the
past
Some twenty odd years on the
hike
To a bunch of as good fellows
as ever came over the pike.
George Moulster came to stay
And almost gave farms away.
On Cass he would bet his last
dollar.
Fifty bucks deed to you
We will go take a few,
George led him off by the col
lar.
There was Jefferson Dawes,
Like us all had his flaws.
For the town chipped many a
bone.
The generous old chap
But Longville on the map
And left us to buck it alone.
Swen Hanson the tall
From spring till late f^ll
Sold dirt and rocks like a winner.
In winter he lived on wild rice,
Cut hay on the ice
While his trousers grew thinner and thinner.
ul
He could toot his own horn,
Since the day he was born
And smile in the face   of   defeat.
And landlord Curley Vail
With the world by the tail.-
Killed wild cats and bears with
his knife
But going 'round through the
alley
You found   the. wood   'being
split by his wife.
Agent Abe White, would stay
up all night
To keep the old waiting room
warm.
Lest a stray lumberjack,
Might freeze in that cold shac1:
And never get back to camp.
And George Jones,   A   small
small package of bones,
But a whole team as a toiler.
Did his work on the square,
Never failed to be there
With steam still left   in   the
boiler.
Bhil Balmer gave an interesting review of the history of
Cass county, starting before the
ccunty was organized and Crow
Wing county officers ruled what
is now Cass. William Stewart
was present for the first time in
several years and there was a
strife between him and Andy Mc
Al'.ister as to which could relate
the most and the tallest stories
of the early days.
A bountiful feed was prepared
and served under the direction
of president W. C. Cromett.
MASONS & STARS
INSTALL OFFICERS
WARDEN NYVALL PERFECTS FLUME FOR DAM
FLUMES ARE CONSTRUCTED
THROUGH   THE   DAMS
TO BERMIT   FLOW
OF  WATER
Friend Gilbert at his store
Sold merchandise galore.
Kept most everything as a
Bought any old thing,
The natives might bring
And thought he   could   plav
bottle pool.
Likewise Wagner, Sir George
King of the anvil and forge.
While Gilbert chalked his cue
again
The Doctor and Cromett   Bill,
Trotted out their skill
And showed how it was   done
in Mai ne.
Ye Stewart. Wi'liam G.
Like an old witness tree
Could show you whe^ to line
in.
Knew the world in the rough
And his hide it was tough,
Yet at poker was easy to skin.
Chris Swenson built a boat,
So light it would float
On a few drops of dew, Chris
said.
John Leef loudly swore,
The skiis Chris wore
Were swiped from Erick
Red.
The members of the Masonic
Lodge and the Clover Chapter f
the 0. E. S. held their annual
banquet at the Lake Region Hotel on Thursday evening. After
a delicious dinner served at the
hotel all repaired to the Masonic
Hall where a joint installation of
officers for the coming year took
place.
Mrs. Annabel Thieveldt acted
as the installing officer for the
0. E. S., assisted by Mrs.Ida Balmer as Chaplin, Mrs. Maud Anderson as organist and Miss Esther Conzet, Marshall. The following officers were installed:
Worthy Matron __ Evelyn Webb
Worthy Batron __Bhillip Balmer
Ass. Matron Rena Hill
Secretary Mable Rode
Treasurer Amelia Triergs
Conductress Audrey Miller
A ss. Conductress Edith Reynolds
Chanlin Ada Miller
Marshall Esther Conzet
Organist Maud Anderson
.Ada Frances Allen
Esther Minnie Morrison
Martha       Ida Balmer
vl'?cta Gertrude Hill
Warder Nora Murph^
Sentinel Frank Hi!)
The new Worthy Matron, Mrs.
webb the- -presented Mrs. Rode,
the retiring Worthy Matron,
with the Fast Matron's Jewell to
which Mrs. Rode very graciously
responded.
George Murphy, retiring Worshipful Master, assisted by Bhil-
lip Palmer t>M Marsha1!, a^ted as
installing officer for the Masons.
The following officers were installed :
Worshipful Master John J. Allen
Sr. Warden ______Warren Hill
Jr. Warden Robert Paulsen
Secretary A. M. Seekell
Sr. Deacon Ole Foss
Tr. Deacon J. A. Brezinsky
^vler John Thievoldt
Marshall Philip Palmer
Mrs. F. R. Anderson acted as
organist.
PINE RIVER 4H CLUB TO
MEET SATURDAY, JAN.
11
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There was Linden A. J.
When he sang the girls say
Their hearts skipped   a   few
beats.
Mr. and M^s. John Kater and
son .Tumor left earlv Sunday
Tvovriirio- for a well earned vacation in the south. They had
WaVfist with their daughter.
vr~s. OWin Houston, in Minneapolis. They also plan on stop
•■no- r\t Mt. Avr. Ia.. and Portag°
ville, Mo., where they will visit
Vatives and Dr. and Mrs. J. J
KiPion. From there thev will go
.-'-• to Florida for an indefinite
stay.
Ernie Nyvall, our Longville
Warden, and the writer have had
lenghthy conversations in regards to conservation of water
and wild game throughout the
state of Minnesota. From within our communities comes the
undisputed proof that the aepre-
aations of the desirable and interesting beaver is controlable.
Instead of trapping and holding down their nurn'oeis where
they have flooded highways,
pastures and hay meadows, timber lands etc.,with a contrivance
in the dams they may reproduce
themselves in unlimited numbers
and again occupy the position in
the fur trade industry they once
did, when ail the country was
wild before the white man settled it. With the control of the
beaver dams it means one of the
large single items in conservation of water instead of blowing
dams; Billions of gallons of water will remain stored in natural
reservoirs. Think what this will
mean to wild duck propagation.
It makes a wonderful breeding
ground, and from what the writer saw last year, there were
more ducks hatched on the over-
fiowage land than any other
place in this community. If left
alone the beaver will work for
man. Some of the beaver dams
I have seen have a head of water
as high as 12 feet and any farm
which has one of these dams on
it would be able to have electric
power at a low cost. Mr. Nyvall
has been furnished funds thru
WBA project and is putting in
twenty flumes in dams in this
community, on which he has a
patent pending but is asking no
royalty from the state. As far
as making a permanent dam, the
beaver has it all over man, as
they never have a failure. There
are people who are of the opinion
that some of these beaver dams
go out on account of not being
properly constructed, when in reality the beaver opens the dams
each year to let in fresh water,
then the head is brought up to
the natural flow.
The flume I referred to is installed in the dam so that it projects out of the tail race and extends back into the pond about
25 or 30 feet. The beaver's engineering skill cannot understand this and when the water
stops raising they naturally stop
building. They know that a
certain amount of water has to
be flowing at all times and when
the head of the water is maintained, they will make no effort
to stop the flume flow of the water. As I remeber about five
years ago there were no beaver
or dams left in this community
and today there are no less than
20 colonies and 75 dams. We
will have to give Mr. Nyvall plenty of credit for the interest he
has created in helping to keen
fhis wild life intact We won't
go into detail about the vast am
ount of good the beaver are doing but thev are helping our forests and doing a good job of
holding down fires, especially
these long peat boe- fires which
we have all been so familiar with
Those who are interested in
the workings of the anima's can
see these dams „nd flumes work
ing in highway 371, one mile
south of Backus, on both Porta-
geand Spring Creek on the town
ship line and also on Backus
Brook on the Longville road.
H. J. Cromett
The January meeting of the
Bine River 4H Club will be held
~it the schoolhouse on Saturday
afternoon, Jan. 11, at 2:00 B. M.
Mr. Charles Swift, a member
of the Land O'Lakes, will speak,
explaining the 4H essay contest
being sponsored by the Cass
county Land O'Lakes Creameries. All members and those who
intend to become members are
invited to enroll at this meeting
otherwise their essay will not be
eligible for this contest. If unable to come to this meeting,
send your name to one of the
follwing officers at this date so
you may secure an enrollment
card: Chester Martini, Roman
Mohs, Marie Knutson, or Douglas Erickson.
P. T. A. MEETS MONDAY
EVENING JANUARY 13th.
The January meeting of the
BTA will be held next Monday
evening, Jan. 13, at 8:00 B. M.
at the school. There will-be a
short business meeting and a
short musical program after
which a visiting hour between
the faculty and those present
will be held. The State President's message for December,
used the text "Grow Not Weary
Tn Well Doing." Those in charge
of the local BTA wish to urge
that even though the business
meetings are dry and drawn out
unavoidably at times, even the
programs are too long or too
short at times to please all—
every member, and others who
are not members should continue
to attend these meetings as the
organization needs everyone; so
keep in mind the above text,
to help th child, to help the school generally, everyone needs to
study and talk and get together.
This means that we should be
close to the faculty and the school board, always remembering
to be constructive in our suggestions and to cooperate to gain
the best for the children. The
BTA welcomes you next Monday
evening. Lunch.wiil be served
during the social hour.
LOCAL   POST   OFFICE
REVENUE    EXCEEDS
RECEIPTS FOR   1934
In figures just compiled by
postmaster L. E. Dougherty, for
the year 1935, he found that postal revenue, which is made up
of the sale of stamps, stamped
envelopes, and newspaper wrappings has exceeded the 1934 figure by $600.00, in the quarter
ending Dec. 31, 1935. The stamp
sale was increased by $225.00
during the same quarter.
A grand total of $78, 379.29 or
worth of money orders were issued, or an increase of$5,687.27
over the previous year.
These reports are good evidence of the steady upward
trend of the business in this territory.
*ji*W vr'«r«i mNNER AT
THE HARVE CROMETT HOME
There was plenty ofmerriment
at the Harve Cromett home on
New Years Day when eighteen
of the Cromett relatives assembled there for a family celebra
tion. A bountious dinner was
served at 1:00 o'clock and the
rest of the day was spent in en
joying out door sports on the
lake and down the hill—with
many a spill.. Everyone enjoyed
the sports and a big time was
had by everyone.
KYLLINGSTAD - MORGAN
On New Years Day Miss Miil-
dred Kyllingstad and John Morgan were quietly married by Rev
Charles Pearson at the pastor's
home in Jenkins. The attendants were Eva Kyllingstad, sister of the bride and Waldoh
Morgan, brother of the groom.
After the ceremony the wedding
party repaired to the L. W. Morgan home where a -sumptuous
wedding dinner was served to
relatives of the   young   couple.
The bride is a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Blix Kyllingstad
and the groom is a son of L., W.
Morgan. Both young people are
well known in this community
having attended the local school.
That evening a shower was given in honor of the newly married young couple by Mrs. Cecil
Morgan at the Bine Forest
school and another shower was
given in their honor on Sunday,
by Mrs. John Huseby, grandmother of the bride, at the Kyllingstad home. ^
SENTENCED FOR KEEPING
$150 FOUND ON STREET
Virginia.—A 19 year old girl
atVirginia found $150 on the
street that had been lest by a
grocery firm. She failed to return the money to its owner who
advertised the loss. The girl was
sentenced to a year in prison
for larceny but sentence was
suspended on condition that she
return the money. Keeping money or property lost is a crime
if the owner is known.
MRS. CHAS. ISAACS
CALLED BY DEATH
On Friday evening Miss Edna
Gennette Shiffer entertained a
group of 16 boys and girls at
their annual sleigh ride partv.
After a jolly ride around town
With Mr. Rohr's horse. Lady,
they went to the Wittemore
home where games were played
.and a lovely lunch was   served
J by the hostesses.
IN MEMORlAM
In loving memory of our dear
mother, Mrs. Gertrude Crist,
who passed away five years ago
Jan. 2. How sadly we have missed you. Her sons and daughters.
Mrs. Wheeler Spain
Mrs. Ralph Maxheimer
Mrs. Clarence Larson
Mrs. Paul Aultman
M>\s  Ed Crimmins
Keith, Ivan and Kenneth Crist
THREE BIG SHOWS
AT THE MARLOW
Pine River and community was
shocked and saddened on Saturday evening when the sad news
of the death of Mrs. Charles
Isaacs was made known. She
passed away at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Siebel, on Saturday evening at 7 b'
clock. Death came as the result of a stroke which she suffered in Duluth, on October 2_.
She recovered sufficiently to be
moved to Pine River and was
apparently getting along fine but
on Friday of last week she suffered another stroke from which
she did not recover.
Funeral services were held at
the Methodist Church with Rev.
Milne officiating. Beautiful
songs were rendered by the quar.
tett consisting of Mrs. F. R. Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. N. D. Sher_
wood and Ervin Lembke, accompanied by Mrs. Hamlin. The
huge floral offerings, coming
from far and near gave mute
testimony of the high esteem in
which the deceased was held by
all her friends and aquaintences.
The Rebecca and Oddfellows
Lodges attended in a body and
also the members of the fourth
grade, who were her pupils two
years ago when she taught here.
Pallbearers were Messers marion
Sherwood, Gerald Seaton, Elias
Rovick, Dr. R. F. Dingle.Ernest
Johnson of Fequot and Orville
Woodwuff of Hackensack. Interment was made in the Bine
River Cemetary. The funeral
was conducted by the Northland
Funeral Home.
All of Bine River mourns the
untimely death of Mrs. Isaacs,
who was better known here as
Norma Siebel. She was loved by
all who knew her for her happy
disposition, hei kind manner and
sweet smile. She was a loving
daughter ?nd wife and a true and
loyal friend that will be hard to
replace.
Norma Sietel was born at
Wells, Minnesota, on November
14, 1909. She came to Bine River
with her parents when she was
eleven years of age and grew to
womanhood here. She graduated
from the Bine River High School
in 1926 and from the Teachers
Training class in 1927. After
teaching i year in the Snell
school, she attended the St Cloud
Teachei-s College after which
she spent four years teaching at
Hackensack and one year at
Fine River.   She was united   in
Alice Adams, which is shown
tonight Thurs., starring Katherine Hepburn has been given the
highest possible rating by the Li
berty magazine. It is said to be
a gentle, tender picture yet fil_
ed with the most robust sort ot
laughter that rides over thelump
in your throat—it is: Just a well
nigh perfect picture, and theoniy
way it can be explained thorough
ly is for you to see these charac
ters perform; Fred Mac Murray,
Fred Stone, Evelyn Venable and
several more are among the
supporting cast.
Friday and Saturday are two
very important days for you to
remember as the Biggest Western ever produced with all the
favorite Western stars will be
shown,"POWDERSMOKE RAN.
GE" with the Barnam and Bailey of Westerns: Koot Gibson,
Harey Carey, Boots Malory, Bob
bteele, Tom Tyler and many
others with Buffalo Bill Jr. Don't
forget that there is a special
Matinee Satui.iav at 2:30, Sat.
is also family admission day, 40c
Sun., Mon., and Tues., the little meaney of Bright Eye s,Jane
Withers, comes to town in an all
together different role as leading
lady in "This Is Life." She shows
you what talentshe has as aVaud
ville headliner, exploited by selfish foster parents. Jane does
some lively hoofing and puts it
over in great shape. Revolting
against her treatment, she runs
away from home falling in love
with two kindly hoboes, when
she is recognized by Sally Blahe
who in turn makes reports to the
police on the one fugitive, John
McGuire, who surrenders. Jane
puts on a show to raise funds to
hire a lawyer to defend John,
who is finally aquitted and by
cleverness frees Jane from her
predicament. Gordon Westcott
and Sidney Toler. are among
those who complete the cast.
U. S. CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION FOR POSTMASTER
The United States Civil Service Commission, at the request
of the Postmaster General announces a competitive examination at Backus. .
Receipt of applications is to
close Jan. 24, 1936.
Applications must be properly
executed on Form 10, and must
be on file with the Commission
at Washington, D. C, by the
close of business on the date indicated above.
This examination is held under the President's order of July
12, 1933, and not under the under the civil service act and rules
(continued on page 4)
PINE RIVER PIRATES DEFEATED BY HACKENSACK
The Pirates went down in defeat at Hackensack Tuesday,
when they played a hard fought
game which ended in a 26-31 vie
tory for the Hackensack boys.
A return game will be played
in Pine River on Jan 27. On
Friday of this week the Remer
Independents will play the Pirates on the local gym at 8:00 P.
M.   Don't miss this game.
Morning topic "The Church
The Greatest Institution In The
World." Evening topic "The
Wrestlers."
marriage to Chas. Isaacs on June
24,1934, at which time they re..
sided at LaCrosse, Wis., later
moving to Duluth, where she
was living at the time of her death. She leaves to mourn her
sudden death herhusband, Chas.
Isaacs and her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Chas. Siebel besides a host
of relatives and friends.
Those from out of town atten.
ding the funeral were Mr. D.
Skinner of Villard, Raymond
Skinner of Wells, Mrs. H. Gram-
ms of Albert Lea, Mrs. S. E. Col_
ins of Minneapolis, Mr. and Mrs.
R. B Isaacs and son Butch and
daughter Theora of La Crosse,
Mr. and Mrs. Coblas of Duluth,
Miss Alice Ittner of Cass Lake
and Erma Attwood of Longville.